friday, june 11
i literally hung out at home the entire day because there was supposedly a strike of bus and metro drivers happening that day (it wasn't until saturday that i found out the strike didn't actually happen but that's ok). my feet were KILLING me and i just had a great time hanging out with stefano's girlfriend, delia. we were both supposed to spend the day studying but ended up eating lunch together and making a pie for stefano's birthday! we actually had GREAT conversation (in italian!) about politics and education and family and life and it was just so so great. i didn't understand everything she said, but got the jist and was definitely able to hold my own and express my thoughts (even though to her i probably sounded like a 3rd grader...va bene). it was such a nice and relaxing day and we had a great dinner together (delia, me, ilaria and stefano). i made stefano 2 mix cd's and turns out he loves PEARL JAM, of all things...so awesome. so it was just great and then i watched some mad men and went to bed!
stefano and delia with the beautiful pie she and i made for his birthday!
saturday, june 12went to the beach at ostia with a group of people from the program. i'm not really a beach person but it was very fun. i napped on the beach, got some really intense sunburns, impressed my friends with saying words backwards and got the idea to youtube myself and maybe get invited to appear on ellen for my skills...maybe? thoughts? anyway, when i got home i took more naps, ate dinner and went to sleep. great day.
some of us at the beach!
sunday, june 13
sunday morning i woke up bright and early to shop at porta portese, a really intense market that is open every sunday morning in rome. it was SO INTENSE but i found some great, unique, italian things that i will cherish forever :) (um genuine, italian leather bag for 4 euros? yes please!) then i went around the markets near my house with brianna and we DUG in the used clothes piles (everything for 1 euro? YES PLEASE!) i got a shirt with a tiger on the front, a great silk top, a lime green sweater vest, and a silk button down! i then bought some flowers for ilaria from a great guy with a bird named obama (because his bird cage is white...witty, right? we thought so!). it was a great success of a day. great success of a weekend. woo rome!
sunday morning i woke up bright and early to shop at porta portese, a really intense market that is open every sunday morning in rome. it was SO INTENSE but i found some great, unique, italian things that i will cherish forever :) (um genuine, italian leather bag for 4 euros? yes please!) then i went around the markets near my house with brianna and we DUG in the used clothes piles (everything for 1 euro? YES PLEASE!) i got a shirt with a tiger on the front, a great silk top, a lime green sweater vest, and a silk button down! i then bought some flowers for ilaria from a great guy with a bird named obama (because his bird cage is white...witty, right? we thought so!). it was a great success of a day. great success of a weekend. woo rome!
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